Tiger Prawns with Red Currant Sauce

A wonderful light meal: tiger prawns with red currant sauce on a bed of rocket.

This is one of the best meals I had in the last weeks I think. I decided to make this mostly to be able to use some of the millions of red currants my friends seems to have in her garden this summer and because I wanted to make something a bit unusual. A spicy red currant sauce that complements the tenderness of the prawns and the pepperness of the rocket perfectly.

I absolutely loved the prawns, I could eat them cooked this way every day, but the sauce is what made this recipe special. Sour, hot, sweet – all in one – and that poured over that peppery rocket – heaven! So although I made the sauce especially for this particular dish, I used the rest of it to dress a couple of salads over the next few days, so I can say that this sauce, cold, makes a wonderful dressing as well.

This was also a good opportunity to use some of my homemade cassis. I like to give a few tablespoons of it in some sauces, it adds a particular note to everything. So, if you have it, I can strongly recommend it, if not, than either leave it out or replace it with another fruit liquor that you like or even some brandy.

The recipe is supposed to serve 4. My husband and I had absolutely no difficulties in managing the whole thing alone.

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Tiger Prawns with Red Currant Sauce

Prep time:  20 mins

Cook time:  10 mins

Total time:  30 mins

Serves: 2-4

Ingredients

• 16 tiger prawns, peeled and deveined
• 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• some sweet paprika powder
• 1 shallot
• 200 g/ 7 oz red currants
• 1 red chili
• 50 g/ 1.7 oz sugar
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon cassis liquor
• 1 teaspoon honey or more to taste
• two large handfuls rocket
• salt
• some more red currants to garnish, optional

Instructions

1. Place the clean prawns in a bowl, add 1 tablespoon of the olive oil, paprika and some salt. Mix well with your hands and set aside until you are almost finished with the sauce.
2. Chop the shallot very finely. Remove the stems from the red currants. Deseed (or not) the red chili and chop it very finely.
3. Heat the second tablespoon olive oil in a small saucepan. Cook the shallot on medium heat until translucent. Add the red currants, chili, sugar, 3 tablespoons water and some salt. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for about 5 minutes. Pass the mixture through a sieve to remove the seeds of the currants and give the sauce back to the pan.
4. In a small bowl mix the cornstarch with very little water to form a paste. Bring the sauce back to boil and slowly whisk in the cornstarch mixture. Cook for another minute, then stir in the cassis liquor and the honey.
5. While the sauce is cooking, wash and dry the rocket and arrange it on two to four plates or on a large platter.
6. Heat a large non-sick pan on medium heat. Add the prawns and cook 1 to 2 minutes on each side. Do not overcook. Place the prawns on top of the rocket and pour some of the red currant sauce all over.
7. Serve immediately with the remaining sauce and baguette.

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